City of Battle Ground Clark County, Washington

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General information on City of Battle Ground

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Battle Ground

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Name Description
City of Battle Ground Official
Battle Ground Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Battle Ground

References to City of Battle Ground that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

BATTLE GROUND, a town in Clarke County. Aug. H. Richter writes (Names MSS., Letter 538): "In early days, forty or forty-five years ago, the Indians drove off live stock across the Lewis. River three miles north of this place. The grandchild of Chief Jack told me the whole story thirty years ago. The Twenty-first Infantry from Vancouver was ordered out and there was fighting all around here. The soldiers received orders in the morning to shoot all Indians on sight. While the scouts were out, peace was declared, but they did not know it, and accidentally shot and killed the chief. In 1886, I built a store here and called it Battle Ground Store. In 1902, I platted the place."

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names
Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 15  |  Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

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Last updated: 2017-03-04